Our journey together
2022
January- Reigniting Making it Real Shropshire, recruitment of the new board begins
- First meeting of the new MiR Board
- Welcome event for new board members
- Terms of Reference and and introduction working group created
- Appointment of new co-chair
- Feedback working group created
- New Terms of Reference published
- Web page and communications working group created
- New review working group created to review all information sent out to the public form Adult Social care within the council
2021
- Making it Real - our story continues – Local Account 2020/21 edition published
- New Making it Real coordinator appointed
- Launch of the new direct payments vision and policy
2020
2019
- Making it Real our journey continue – Local Account 2018/19 edition published
- Chair invited to the council’s senior management team meeting
2018
- Making it Real our journey continues – Local Account 2017/18 edition published
- Work started with Direct Payments Team to create a creative model, offering more choice
- Jon Hancock and Stewart Smith were invited to speak at the launch of the new version of Think Local Act Personal’s Making it Real framework, with Caroline Dinenage (the then minister for social services) was also in attendance
2017
- First new Making it Real board meeting
- Making it Real update - Plan for the new Making it Real board
- Making it Real update - Creation of the board
- Making it Real update: ‘Bringing lived experience to the heart of Adult Social Care (ASC) in Shropshire”
- New board proposals
- Shortlisted for a Local Authority ‘MJ Award’ (Community Engagement category). MJ awards
- Making it Real (MiR) is developing its collective voice
2016
- Making it Real our journey continues – Local Account 2015/16 edition published
- South Advisory Group - met with Philip Dunne (MP for Ludlow)
- ‘Essential ingredients’ of excellent adult social care created and used as the basis for training on ‘excellent customer service’
2015
- Making it Real our journey continues – Local Account 2014/15 edition published
- Let’s talk local designed
- Shropshire choices goes live
- Shropshire Choices design
- First advisory groups held north, central and south
- Started working with People to People
2014
- First edition of the Making it Real in Shropshire - our story so far – Local Account looking back over 2013-2014
- ‘Let’s talk’ hubs are formed
- "Making 'Making it Real' real"
2013
- First Making it Real Shropshire board created
- Terms of reference working group created
- Our first themes of 'I statements' were identified
- MiR logo was formed Add picture
- Making it Real Shropshire board established
- Creation of a new Individual Service Funds (ISF) contract